Week3 People

Hello everyone.
In this week, I’m going to introduce people in the Galapagos Islands.


There are about three kinds of people in the Galapagos Islands. I will talk about them.

・The natives
You maybe think that the natives of Galapagos Islands have primitive life like uninhabited island. But there are supermarkets and Internet cafes and so on and elementary schools and hospitals are established. Natives live with nature and they do agriculture manually without agricultural chemicals and tractor. The contents of work are influenced by the weather because of it. Because a beach is very familiar for natives, a beach is crowded by many people in not only weekend but also a weekday if it is fine. The sea turtles and the sea lions sail in the beach near the center of a town. The distance between nature and humans are very near. Although people are not doing the rich life at all, they all love Galapagos.

・The tourists
The main industries of the Galapagos Islands are sightseeing. About 150,000 tourists come to the Galapagos Islands every year and 67 percent of people are foreigners. Every tourist who visits to the Galapagos Islands are burdened a charge. The charge brings the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador the big economic effect. The rule is prepared for landing at the Galapagos Islands and the tourists must follow this rule. The outlines of a rule are not touching an animals, not doing it move things even as a stone, not carrying an animal and a plant and not collecting nature of Galapagos Islands and carry it out. Based on it, it is determined that the sightseeing does not influence environment. Tourists' action in the Galapagos Islands is restricted greatly but Galapagos’ animals may be seen, so they don’t disappoint tourists’ expectations.

・The Volunteers
Volunteer people who are doing various activities are in the Galapagos Islands. Volunteer people are not only from Ecuador a also from foreign countries. the most important activity which protects the Galapagos' unique ecosystem is the removal activities of an exotic plants. About 600 kinds of exotic plants came to the Galapagos Islands and they are breeding under quiet climate. They threaten unique plants. The volunteer team protects the forests which leave the original ecosystem of unique plants from the influence of exotic plants. Concretely, they remove the exotic plants by their hand or a weed killer to lower their power. By steady activity, the condition is improving little by little.


Next week, I will talk about Galapagos’ animals.
Thank you for your reading. See you later.